Two Soldiers

Robert Palomo

The news today reminded me of this old traditional American song. In 5000 years we still haven’t figured out how to keep the world from being run by the war mongers instead of the peacemakers. Certainly we have learned nothing since the time when this song was written.

It always seemed to me to be a tune that needs a banjo, but every arrangement I’ve ever heard with banjo was played like a cheery breezy bluegrass tune… which it most definitely isn’t.

So here is a fairly sparse arrangement featuring my old Mutt banjo from the 70s, played in F.

TRACK UPDATED 24 APR 2015